STATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES TO CELEBRATE EUROPE DAY

Brussels, 9 May 2021/OACPS: On the occasion of the annual celebration of Europe Day, May 9, on behalf of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), the Secretary General, H.E. Mr. Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti, underlines that this important event marks the day of the birth of a united, stable and peaceful Europe.

STATEMENT BY H.E. GEORGES REBELO PINTO CHIKOTI, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE OACPS ON THE VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS IN SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

STATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE ORGANISATION OF AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES, H.E. MR GEORGES REBELO PINTO CHIKOTI ON WORLD IMMUNISATION WEEK

Brussels, 28 April 2021/OACPS: Three new ambassadors were presented to the 937^th meeting of the Committee of Ambassadors (CoA) of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS). The new ambassadors, H.E. Mr Mahamat Mamadou Addy from the Republic of Chad, H.E. Iván Emilio de Jesús Ogando Lora of the Dominican Republic and H.E. Mrs Symone Betton-Nayo of Jamaica, were presented to the Committee by OACPS Secretary-General, H.E. Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti.

Interview with the Chair of the OACPS Committee of Ambassadors for the period 1 February 2021 to 31 July 2021, H.E. Fatumanava-o-Upolu III Dr Pa'olelei Luteru

Brussels, 27 April 2021/OACPS: Secretary-General of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States, H.E. Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti was invited to one of the first in-person meetings of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Working Group of the European Council, which comprises representatives of all 27 Permanent Representations of the European Union (EU) Member States, members of the European Commission (EC), and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to make a presentation themed, “The OACPS in a globalised world”.

Brussels, 27 April 2021/OACPS: H.E. Jestas Nyamanga was introduced to the 927^th  Meeting of the Committee of Ambassadors (CoA) of the then, African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States on 20 February 2020.

Brussels, 16 April 2021/OACPS: The chief negotiators, International Partnerships Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen, and Togo's Foreign Minister Robert Dussey, yesterday marked the formal conclusion of the negotiations of the Post-Cotonou Agreement, setting the political, economic and sectorial cooperation framework for the next twenty years at a restricted Initialling ceremony, preceded by a virtual press briefing.

Brussels, 15 April 2021/OACPS/EU: Today's initialling of the new Partnership Agreement between the European Union (EU) and members of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS, formerly known as the ACP Group of States) by the chief negotiators, International Partnerships Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen, and Togo's Foreign Minister Robert Dussey, marks the formal conclusion of the negotiations of the Post Cotonou Agreement, setting the political, economic and sectorial cooperation framework for the next twenty years.

       The African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States officially became the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) on 5 April 2020. This followed the entry-into-force of the revised Georgetown Agreement which was endorsed by the ACP Heads of State at the 9th Summit of ACP Heads of State and Government in December 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya.